Ubuntu
nux package

compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in af_face_globals_is_digit() from af_loader_load_g() from af_loader_load_glyph() from af_autofitter_load_glyph() from FT_Load_Glyph() from _cairo_ft_scaled_glyph_init() from ... from nux::TextEntry::DrawText()

Bug #959323 reported by Todd Howe
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This bug affects 25 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Nux
Invalid
High
Unassigned
Unity
Invalid
High
Unassigned
5.0
Invalid
High
Unassigned
nux (Ubuntu)
Invalid
High
Unassigned

Bug Description

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ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: libnux-2.0-0 2.6.0-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-19.30-generic 3.2.11
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-19-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Mon Mar 19 10:22:37 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/compiz
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120301)
ProcCmdline: compiz
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x7f3b3e1438a3: cmp 0x8(%rdx),%rax
 PC (0x7f3b3e1438a3) ok
 source "0x8(%rdx)" (0x00000008) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
 destination "%rax" ok
SegvReason: reading NULL VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: nux
StacktraceTop:
 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreetype.so.6
 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreetype.so.6
 FT_Load_Glyph () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfreetype.so.6
 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcairo.so.2
 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcairo.so.2
Title: compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in FT_Load_Glyph()
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-10 (8 days ago)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin mythtv plugdev sambashare sudo

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Todd Howe (tehowe) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote :

StacktraceTop:
 af_face_globals_is_digit (gindex=85, globals=<optimized out>) at /build/buildd/freetype-2.4.8/freetype-2.4.8/src/autofit/afglobal.c:312
 af_loader_load_g (loader=<optimized out>, scaler=0x7fffb6c8f420, glyph_index=85, load_flags=68097, depth=0) at /build/buildd/freetype-2.4.8/freetype-2.4.8/src/autofit/afloader.c:437
 af_loader_load_glyph (load_flags=<optimized out>, gindex=<optimized out>, face=<optimized out>, loader=<optimized out>) at /build/buildd/freetype-2.4.8/freetype-2.4.8/src/autofit/afloader.c:539
 af_autofitter_load_glyph (module=<optimized out>, slot=<optimized out>, size=<optimized out>, glyph_index=<optimized out>, load_flags=<optimized out>) at /build/buildd/freetype-2.4.8/freetype-2.4.8/src/autofit/afmodule.c:64
 FT_Load_Glyph (load_flags=66048, glyph_index=85, face=0x2994630) at /build/buildd/freetype-2.4.8/freetype-2.4.8/src/base/ftobjs.c:681

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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : Stacktrace.txt
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : ThreadStacktrace.txt
Changed in nux (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
summary: - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in FT_Load_Glyph()
+ compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in af_face_globals_is_digit()
tags: removed: need-amd64-retrace
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote : Re: compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in af_face_globals_is_digit()

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in nux (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
visibility: private → public
summary: - compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in af_face_globals_is_digit()
+ compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in af_face_globals_is_digit() from
+ af_loader_load_g() from af_loader_load_glyph() from
+ af_autofitter_load_glyph() from FT_Load_Glyph() from
+ _cairo_ft_scaled_glyph_init()
summary: compiz crashed with SIGSEGV in af_face_globals_is_digit() from
af_loader_load_g() from af_loader_load_glyph() from
af_autofitter_load_glyph() from FT_Load_Glyph() from
- _cairo_ft_scaled_glyph_init()
+ _cairo_ft_scaled_glyph_init() from ... from nux::TextEntry::DrawText()
Changed in nux:
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → High
Changed in unity:
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → High
milestone: none → 5.12.0
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Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) wrote :

This bug is possibly the same as bug 965748, which is also reported in:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=761100

Didier Roche-Tolomelli (didrocks)
Changed in unity:
milestone: 5.12.0 → 5.14.0
Apport retracing service (apport)
tags: added: quantal running-unity
Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
Changed in unity:
milestone: 5.14.0 → 5.16.0
Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)
Changed in unity:
milestone: 5.16.0 → 5.18.0
Timo Jyrinki (timo-jyrinki)
Changed in unity:
milestone: 5.18.0 → 7.0.0
Stephen M. Webb (bregma)
Changed in unity:
milestone: 7.0.0 → 7.0.1
Stephen M. Webb (bregma)
Changed in unity:
milestone: 7.0.1 → 7.1.0
Stephen M. Webb (bregma)
Changed in unity:
milestone: 7.1.0 → 7.1.1
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Stephen M. Webb (bregma) wrote :

This problem has been obviated by a change to the libfreetype upstream source [1] released in libfreetype6_2.4.9.

[1] http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/src/autofit/afloader.c?id=5621fdd412a0b02a5ed858baa7c2a9db4795ae1f

Changed in unity:
milestone: 7.1.1 → none
status: Confirmed → Invalid
no longer affects: unity/6.0
Changed in nux:
status: Confirmed → Invalid
José Marcelino Postigo Bernal (papillonmarcel)
Changed in nux (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Fix Released
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Vadim Peretokin (vperetokin) wrote :

The same issue happend for me on 12.04 just now.

Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0)
Changed in nux (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Released → Invalid
importance: Medium → High
Marco Trevisan (Treviño) (3v1n0)
tags: added: rls-w-incoming
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